"Parallel Ruptures: Jews of Bessarabia and Transnistria between Romanian Nationalism and Soviet Communism, 1918-1940," explores the political and social debates that took place in Jewish communities in Romanian-held ...

“Parallel Ruptures: Jews of Bessarabia and Transnistria between Romanian Nationalism and Soviet Communism, 1918-1940,” explores the political and social debates that took place in Jewish communities in Romanian-held ...

This dissertation studies the evolving actions and traditions that shaped the political culture of fin-de-siecle Buenos Aires at a crucial period of nation-state formation---namely, the decades preceding the implementation ...

The Congress of Westphalia has always been famous for two things: as the first modern multilateral peace conference, and for lasting more than five years. Most observers blame the failure to conclude a truce during the ...

As for the extent of antislavery sentiment in the South, there are reasons to believe that many white Southerners doubted slavery's morality. First, the attributes displayed by manumitted emigrants---the talents and ...

This dissertation explores the manner in which one form of political legitimacy came to replace another, how the Volk enfranchised themselves at the expense of monarchy during World War I Germany, and its primary focus is ...

When the British recaptured Lucknow after the Mutiny and Rebellion of 1857, they set about reconsolidating their power in Oudh. They devoted the next two decades perfecting a system of political, economic, and social control ...

This dissertation addresses the issue of lower middle class integration into the expanding economy of Paris during the Bourbon Restoration and the impact of this integration on the Parisian petite bourgeoisie. Proceeding ...

Therefore through an analysis of both lyrics and texts, "Phallic/ies and His(s)tories: Masculinity and the Black Nationalist Tradition, from Slave Spirituals to Rap Music" traces the unique---and ironic---survival and ...

Traditionally, civilians followed armies on campaign in order to supply liquor, food, or clothing, but by the sixteenth century, this practice, called sutling, had developed a questionable reputation. In Henry V, William ...

This study examines the institutional, educational, and career backgrounds of Foreign Ministry officials, and evaluates the role that they played in Japan's foreign relations between 1931 and 1941. The Foreign Ministry, ...

This dissertation explores the performance and consumption of a reinvented Japanese national identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, ...

This dissertation explores the performance and consumption of a reinvented Japanese national identity surrounding the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. This event marked an important psychological turning point for many Japanese, ...